Offensive Halloween Costumes

Don't Be That Guy -- 12 Offensive Halloween Costumes You Should Avoid This Year

For the past few years, it seems like post-Halloween, a wave of images hit the internet of people who just don't get dressing up for Halloween. Halloween is a time for creativity, fantasy, alter-egos, and of course the utterly terrifying. However, year after year, there are always a few people who confuse it with an opportunity to be racist, sexist or otherwise insensitive and offensive.

In the past few years, people have proudly displayed their ignorance by dressing up as Boston bombing victims; Trayvon Martin; a sexy Ebola nurse or a the most persistent offensive costume that refuses to die: an ethnicity of some kind.

This year, just don't do it. Don't be that guy. There are so many other fun things to dress up as for Halloween — don't go for the easy and offensive targets just for the shock value. Just so we're clear, we made a list of costumes you should not touch with a ten-foot pole this Halloween. Don't say we didn't warn you!

Caitlyn Jenner

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Don't do it. If you want to support Caitlyn Jenner and the trans community, throwing on a wig and some rouge is not the way to do it. It comes off as mockery and will not win you any supporters come Halloween night.

Bill Cosby

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Even those with the darkest sense of humor know there's nothing funny about a guy who drugged numerous women in order to sexually assault them and then lied about it for years. Even if he was once a beloved comedian. In fact, that actually makes it even sadder. Just don't do it.

Jared Fogle

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Why would you want to associate yourself with a pedophile or a rapist on Halloween when there are so many better things you could choose? Wouldn't you rather people associate you with a dinosaur? or Yoda? Or that rainbow-pooping unicorn from that amazing viral commercial? There are so many other things to choose from!

Syrian Refugees

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It seems like, every year in which there is a global tragedy of some kind, be it a natural disaster, a bombing, a genocide or some other tragic loss or displacement of human lives, some idiot takes it upon themselves to turn it into a costume. It's unbelievable that it needs to be said, but the pain and suffering of innocent people is not a Halloween costume.

Sexy Cecil the Lion

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Dressing up as a lion who was tragically murdered for sport by a moron is not a tasteful costume. Dressing up as, simply, a sexy lion is stupid, but not offensive. So, go ahead with that one if you must. Apparently if you buy this costume, 20 percent of the proceeds go to the Global Conservation Organization. But look, I'll save you some trouble, just donate some money to the organization and then go dress up as a sexy bucket of fish or whatever on Halloween.

Megyn Kelly as a Bloody Tampon

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It's kind of unbelievable that this even exists as a costume. Don't wear this. If you wear this, I can only assume you support Donald Trump's insane sexist, racist ideologies, in which case, you've probably got more problems to deal with than what to wear for Halloween.

ISIS Member

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If I saw someone dressed up as an ISIS member, I'd have to assume that they somehow have not heard about the disgusting, murderous, brutal acts they've committed. You'd be better off going dressed up as "ignorant" for Halloween. Just dress up as a giant question mark, plaster a dumb look on your face and go as "ignorant."